Chapter 9
आत्मतुल्यै: षोडशभिर्विना श्रीवत्सकौस्तुभौ । पर्युपासितमुन्निद्रशरदम्बुरुहेक्षणम् ॥ २९ ॥ दृष्ट्वा तमवनौ सर्व ईक्षणाह्लादविक्लवा: । दण्डवत् पतिता राजञ्छनैरुत्थाय तुष्टुवु: ॥ ३० ॥
Transliteration
ātma-tulyaiḥ ṣoḍaśabhir vinā śrīvatsa-kaustubhau paryupāsitam unnidra- śarad-amburuhekṣaṇamdṛṣṭvā tam avanau sarva īkṣaṇāhlāda-viklavāḥ daṇḍavat patitā rājañ chanair utthāya tuṣṭuvuḥ
Synonyms (Word-for-Word)
ātma-tulyaiḥ — almost equal to Himself; ṣoḍaśabhiḥ — by sixteen (servants); vinā — without; śrīvatsa-kaustubhau — the Śrīvatsa mark and Kaustubha jewel; paryupāsitam — being attended on all sides; unnidra — blooming; śarat — of the autumn; amburuha — like lotus flowers; īkṣaṇam — having eyes; dṛṣṭvā — seeing; tam — Him (the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Nārāyaṇa); avanau — on the ground; sarve — all of them; īkṣaṇa — from directly seeing; āhlāda — with happiness; viklavāḥ — being overwhelmed; daṇḍa-vat — like a stick; patitāḥ — fell; rājan — O King; śanaiḥ — slowly; utthāya — standing up; tuṣṭuvuḥ — offered prayers.
Translation
“Surrounding and serving the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Nārāyaṇa, were sixteen personal attendants, decorated with ornaments and appearing exactly like Him but without the mark of Śrīvatsa and the Kaustubha jewel. O King, when all the demigods saw the Supreme Lord in that posture, smiling with eyes like the petals of lotuses grown in autumn, they were overwhelmed with happiness and immediately fell down like rods, offering daṇḍavats. Then they slowly rose and pleased the Lord by offering Him prayers.”